Bret Michaels remains in intensive care, more tests planned

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The Associated Press has the latest on Poison frontman/reality TV star Bret Michaels, who late Thursday was rushed into intensive care, where doctors discovered bleeding at the base of his brain stem.

Michaels' website indicated that he remained in intensive care as of Monday morning, and that reports from his doctors based on further testing are expected this week.

"Please remember Bret is, and always has been, a fighter and survivor and is under the best medical care possible," Monday's update on www.bretmichaels.com noted.

The 47-year-old singer and TV personality was just in Nashville earlier this month to perform at the Wildhorse Saloon, and he's kept his share of Nashville connections otherwise -- he did a celebrity judging stint on TV country music competition Nashville Star, and more recently, he issued country-rock ballad "Nothing to Lose," a team-up with Tennessee-reared teen superstar Miley Cyrus.

He's best known in the reality TV sense for starring in VH1 series Rock of Love, but the singer most recently joined the cast of Donald Trump reality competition The Celebrity Apprentice, alongside fellow music industry names Sharon Osbourne and Cyndi Lauper, comedian Sinbad and a host of other celebrities.

Full detail from The AP:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doctors plan further testing to help pinpoint the source of the brain hemorrhage that is keeping former Poison frontman Bret Michaels in intensive care, according to the rocker's website.

A report from doctors is expected this week. The website doesn't say where Michaels, 47, is hospitalized.

"Please remember Bret is, and always has been, a fighter and survivor and is under the best medical care possible," the post added.

His New York-based publicist, Joann Mignano, confirmed on Friday a report on People magazine's website that said Michaels was rushed to intensive care late Thursday after a severe headache. Doctors discovered bleeding at the base of his brain stem, the report said.

Michaels is a contestant on Donald Trump's competitive reality show, The Celebrity Apprentice. He has served as one of the season's most outspoken celebrities and has so far avoided being fired in the boardroom. At the end of Sunday's episode, an announcer acknowledged his condition and said everyone at NBC "wishes Bret Michaels a speedy recovery."

Michaels had an emergency appendectomy April 12 after complaining of stomach pains before he was scheduled to perform at Sea World in San Antonio. Michaels later wrote on his website that although the surgery "has taken its toll," doctors expected him to make a full recovery.

Before joining the third season of The Celebrity Apprentice, Michaels starred as the lothario on VH1's lusty reality dating series Rock of Love from 2007 to 2009. For three seasons, Michaels searched for the women of his dreams amid a sea of implants, tattoos and thongs. He also served as a judge on the fifth season of the USA singing competition Nashville Star in 2007.